North american journal of economics and finance
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Classification JEL:
C33, E43, G21
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Juliana Jaramillo-Echeverri, Karina Acosta, Olga Lucia Acosta Navarro, Oscar Iván Ávila-Montealegre, Jhorland Ayala-García, Jaime Bonet-Morón, Jesus Botero, Luz A. Flórez, Daniela Gallo, Luis Armando Galvis-Aponte, Karelys Guzmán-Finol, Eduardo A. Haddad, Ana María Iregui-Bohórquez, David Camilo López-Valenzuela, Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra, Juan J. Ospina-Tejeiro, Andrea Otero-Cortés, Julian A. Parra-Polania, Gerson Javier Pérez-Valbuena, José Pulido, María Teresa Ramírez-Giraldo, Mario A. Ramos-Veloza, Charles Rahal, Jorge Leonardo Rodríguez-Arenas, Shadia Zardibia
Miguel Felipe Vanegas-Vanegas
Camilo Bohorquez-Penuela, Leonardo Bonilla-Mejía, Anabelle Couleau, Alexánder Almeida
Against a background of financial liberalisation reforms, we assess the extent of market integration and competition in Colombian retail deposits and loans markets. We employ a dataset comprising bank-level interest rate data for different financial products across a range of banks. We utilise and further develop the Phillips and Sul convergence club approach by estimating the drivers of club formation. We find integration of the deposits market, but not loans where portfolio riskiness and loan maturity explain why there is not a fully integrated market. Also, the degree of loan market convergence responds asymmetrically to changes in monetary policy.

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